Josephine Nafula
Birthday: December 4, 2001
Clean Water Well: Yes! #4 completed Oct 2016
CHRISTMAS 2021 PORTRAITS IN NEW CLOTHES
Joy and abundance filled the air this Christmas season at our resource center in Kenya as Give Amore spread love through gifts, teaching and celebration of the eminent birth of our savior Jesus Christ. Our children had the time of their life, some indulging in their favorite meals and beverages, something that isn’t as common in their homes and daily routines. Topping the list of gifts this time and every other year was new clothes for all our sponsored children, a tradition so popular in the African culture, as well as extra food and toiletries.
august 2021 distribution
June 2021 distribution
april 2021 distribution
MARCH 2021 LETTERS TO SPONSORS
February 2021 Distribution
2021 JANUARY BACK TO SCHOOL GIFTS
With the dawn of the New Year, it is back to school for all learners in Kenya and despite the raging pandemic world over, the government has carefully crafted a return to school plan to help protect the students against Covid 19 both while at home and school.
Our sponsored children are excited to resume learning after months of staying home due to the global pandemic that led to all schools closing indefinitely. Also given that Kenya has no homeschooling plan in its education system, there is no way she could have kept up with her syllabus.
Armed with books, stationery, full school uniform, and more, students are ecstatic and eager to go back to school and see their peers.
OCTOBER 2020 DISTRIBUTION PORTRAITS
October 2020 letters to sponsors
june 2020 distribution
april 2020 distribution
DECEMBER 20, 2019 DISTRIBUTION
Josephine was away at school during this distribution.
OCTOBER 26, 2019 DISTRIBUTION
2020 School Grade: Move up to 11th grade
Health:
Nails: Clean
Teeth: Brushed
Hair: Short
General: Healthy
SEPTEMBER 21, 2019 SPONSORSHIP PROGRAM PARTY!
We loved learning more about Josephine! She received a a few school supplies and goodies as a gift from our sponsors.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2019 DISTRIBUTION
School Position: 8 out of 56
Hygiene
Nails: Short
Teeth: Brushed
Hair: Short
Overall: Healthy
JUNE 29, 2019 DISTRIBUTION
Teeth: Brushed
Hair: Short
Nails: Short
Overall health: Good
Favorite part of church: Singing
Favorite Bible verse: 1 John 4:7 - “Beloved, let us love one another, for love is from God, and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God.”
MAY 28, 2019
2nd semester school supply distribution
APRIL 27, 2019 DISTRIBUTION
School Performance: D
Favorite Subject: History
Favorite Sport: Netball
When I grow up I want to be a: Nurse
General Health: Fine
Nails: Short
Teeth: Clean
Hair: Short
update march 15, 2019
The team attempted to visit Josephine several times, but her school has had a chain of activities and they never found a time to speak to her. They had a number of exams closely packed together and in addition to that, the school has been hosting athletic sports in a couple of weeks ago. We hope to have an update about Josephine soon!
FEBRUARY 2019 DISTRIBUTION
Hair: Smart :)
Nails: Short
Teeth: Clean
General: Healthy looking
JANUARY 16, 2019 DISTRIBUTION
2019 Grade: 10th
School: Mwangaza
Shoe Size: 7
General: Healthy and Fine
DECEMBER 2018 CHRISTMAS DISTRIBUTION!
This Christmas was such a blessing for our Give Amore children! Josephine received:
New clothes
A new Bible
A goat
A chicken
OCTOBER 25, 2018 DISTRIBUTION
End term position: 10 out of 40
2019 grade: move to 10th grade
Hair: Clean
Nails: Short
Teeth: Brushed
General: Healthy - no more kidney problems
SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 SCHOOL VISIT
We went to Mwangaza Secondary School to see Josephine Nafula. She is in grade 9 and she does so well in school. Josephine performs well in all subjects apart from Math. We talked to her class teacher in detailed and asked him to make some follow up and step in heavily for her success.
Her overall performance was good. She is really determined to pass her final exams highly for her to be independent and help others in return. We got from her teacher that she is so disciplined and she shows good moral to the school at large.
AUGUST 2018 DISTRIBUTION
School Performance: C+
Nails: Clean
Ears: Clean
Hair: Tidy
Teeth: Clean
General: Good
No Jiggers or Scalp Infection
Fellow 2018 High School students
Back Row: Josephine, Abenego, Valary, Elvis
Front Row: Grace, Lydia, Elizabeth, Evans, Everlyne, Emily
July 11, 2018 update
Josephine was taken to the doctor for severe back pain. She was treated for a UTI. She reported later that she was feeling much better.
JUNE 23, 2018 DISTRIBUTION
Nails: Short
Hair: Short
Ears: Clean
Teeth: Brushed
General: Healthy, on medication for kidney infection
APRIL 28, 2018 DISTRIBUTION
Nails: Short
Hair: Short
Ears: Clean
Teeth: Brushed
General: Has some pain in her abdomen
february 2018
After receiving many generous donations, Josephine was able to join our program for the 2018 school year! Give Amore team member, Judith, and her family have also agreed to adopt Josephine into her family. Here are the photos of all the supplies we gifted her with. What a joyful new beginning for this bright young lady.
january 2018 Josephine’s story:
Having undergone the very brutal a girl her age can ever withstand without breaking, one Josephine Nafula is a devastated girl. The 16-year-old orphan, and only child to the late Patrick and Consolata, has spent most of her lifetime being shuffled from one homestead to another. This is all due to lack of the good-will to shoulder her school and upkeep costs by her relatives, the only ones she has left to look up to after the demise of her parents four year ago.
Prior to meeting her, Josephine lived with her aunt in a city slum. Engulfed with dire poverty, her aunt painstakingly struggled to take care of her and her cousins until she called it quits due to economic pressures, and thus, once again, Josephine had to move.
The only place she could call home was her mother’s birthplace in Kakamega, western Kenya, a perceived safe haven she never thought would turn tragic. While in the confinement of those she trusted, she faced multiple sexual abuses and among them possible rape attempts orchestrated by her uncles and grown male cousins.
With all these hard hitting on her, Josephine is depressed and attempted suicide several times, which thankfully didn’t succeed. She thus ran away from home.
In her search for help, she wandered into a local administrative office in her location, which directed her to us for help. Right now, this young girl is homeless, hungry and insecure.
While talking to us, Josephine admits tension of going back home amidst fears of unknown confrontations from her own family now turned foes. She currently temporarily stays at a family friend’s home and sadly her allowed time there is wrapping up.
With the support of food, clothing and school fees, the 9th grader could be accommodated at the Cornerstone Mission Orphanage, a conducive place for security and peace of mind she so badly needs.